The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

IPMRIIIER! WE WAIT SUPPER for you 1 4t. after the Covent Garden Opera, at EVANS'. Fail AN'S LI . WHISKY v. COGNAC N s BRANDY. l'4 o ce lebrated Old IRISH WHISKY r ivals the finest Iti ' ll BRANDY, p„. Soi.. — "e, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. i n tot 4 A ge „,_ t ies, 3g. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;by Bo in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale R G . , AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ai r Xe , the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded B LL Whisky." ESTABLISHED 1837. TANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. r°Pow,- 'cred by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. 9. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. t o description of Life Assurance business transacted lowest rates of Pre', ium consi-tent with security. 4var.ous Tables, some of whic are peculiar to this Coin av e been studiously adapted to tho requirements of ' e 'kils of Assurers. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. nOYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. - end Mrs. GERMAN REED. with Mr. ,BpJOHN PARRY. will appear in THE RIVAL COM -64,110,b4K8 (tor a limited number ot representatiors). To be ,%."r e l l , l -1' THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY. (Mr. and 1 10,..."`r , R51AN REED). Shakespearian Visions of Rosa ilk witch, Touchstone, and Ariel, illustrated by Mrs. Ger- E,kleed. Cone uding with MR-. ROSELEIF AT THE IDE, by Mr. JOHN PARRY. I .4tZY Evening 'except Saturday) at 8. A Morning Fepre lieeloll every Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Unreserved seats, Is. ke lli . n °;; stalls, 2s. - stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be ‹in advance,'without tee, at the Gallery 11:1 5 TH WIRZEARPD"oSf Et the T IT A O T R I T O: of th e To -,N,„ pdIGHT, at Eight —losth REPRESENTATION 40. 0 WORLD of MAGIC.—Miss ANDERSON. the gybil. —Prices Is. 25., and 3s. 'To be @O D A' at ST. JAMES'S HAL, 'Piccadilly. The Great !t4 Tying Mystery and Cabinet Seances. by Miss Lizzie 1ty,;.911 and Mr. Sutton, will terminate the Programme \,2-vening and Saturday Afternoon. P!)/IIVIODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. P ila In conseouence of their engagement at the Crystal 6AI a during the day, the Morning Levees at ST. JAUES'S be disocntinued this week, but will be resumed ity a "-kibiG DAY, when on that day, and during the Holi there will be Three Performances Daily, viz., 11, 3, and thVet A Levee every evening this week at St. James's xl Piccadilly, at 8 o'clock. mss, ls. and 2s. ; reserved stalls, 3s. each. Children 10 half-price in 2s. and 3s. places. EOX F 0 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). Co l ;1111,1i AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera ,k4,: c lue), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the 1 110 "King of Bceotia ;" " the Hymn to Bacchus ;" and ir,lBPirited "Hilliho " Chorus, 137 Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, Di a horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, iir,4„a, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; d dual Minuet 4i;, '*4lop. Principal c h arac t ers by Misses Russell, Fitz tktl, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and be at "hing can be prettier of its kind ; nothing can go with % L er enmum spirit or be more heartily enjoyed by the audience." ,L. R D, I li Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. t,t DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliott Abe 3 IONSTRE CHARME, by M. SILVESTRE. WAUBANS in their famous Character Sketches . ,Ittr„edY, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON ( 4, 1 1 1 , AAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of ay. strumentai Solos, & c , &a. q d naission--Area, Gd. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private t, 10s. 6d. OANTERBURY HALL. p l ,` he Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). 10.4tPITASE and BOUQUET, the NEW OPTICAL ILLU -401,' in the resources of re , 11 ght into whtch requisition, whole written by Mr. the W. F. establishment Vandervell a . e usual Oper4tio Selections. the Anthropophaginian, It' o ° Teedy by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the kol;1r0us Indian, Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and “tp. s4 tle ThnstratiOns of Negro character by LITTLE 808 Admission—Area, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. YA L CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-streer, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'. t , Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. ' I I'ECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. 0 ratio Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLI7,ON. tki;',e Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE NEE LY POWER, J. G. , WEST,EO. ' II OURN , E, Mr. HERBERT, J. FORDE F. ALEXANDER and Y; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian qq,hllrst and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, 1,1 appearance in England. '4hanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; Is. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GRE VILLE. k O YAL ALHAMI3RA PALACE, 1 4, Leicester-square. ''•REDERICII STRANGE (late of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Adana zer. , OPEN BOXING NIG lIT. q1„-f preparations now in full progress for the production of 11 ,DP,;rrand Lyrical end Terpsichorean Entertainment are itle a softie ot magnitude and splendour never before at- Pted in England. kOYAL ALHAMIIRA PALACE. Leiceil er-suare. r, REDERICK STRANGE (late q late of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Alank.rer OPEN BOXING NIGHT. Dwards of £lo,oro are now being expended in alterations, t„Trat ion, and improvements of the most m , gnificent cha- ttOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, 4, , Leicester-square. r REDBRICK STRANGE (tate of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Manager. IP OPEN BOXING NIGHT. 11 (311(1 r . _ e ful and astounding scenic effect produced by Real 'r, THE TORRENT CASCADE. ttOY AL AL HAM BRA PALACE, Leicester-square. F REDERICK STRANGE (late of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Manager. 111, OPEN BOXING NIGHT. i t "" and CHORUS of ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS frik 4 lll , o 23gst the E . ngagements now being completed will be 4 the following well-known and popular Artistes : - MISS PEARCE, PRIMA DONNA, vb4e,ranny Harrison, Madame Marie Forbes. Madame Pal o', Mrs. Burgess, and the Misses Rose Palmer, Agnes Nelly Corri, Sarah Rowe, Edith Villiers, Lowther, Powell, (to., fie. kie r ipelPal Tenors :—Mr. H. De Brenner, and Mr Henry. 4 raCcikal Bariton3—Mr Theodore Distin, from the Royal 014 uPera, Covent ! garden, and a r re. St. Albyn, Vito, Jervis, Lincoln, Hunter, Hines, 14 , Lloyd, Henley, Ashton, &c. ttOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. ' FREDERICK STRANGE ( ate of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and 31anager. OPEN BOXING NIGHT, 1 11 'gement of the wonderfully popular Australian Comio tOrist, THE GREAT BARLOW. o, e next wonder is the Marvellous, Eccentric MUSICAL ` u tit, the Laughter Demon of Paris. " LE PETIT BLONDIN" kt ,display his Balancing precocity on the Low Rope, ele ,,_eq only a few feet above the level of the audience. ki:IYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, kr Leicester-square. I'REDERICK STRANGE date of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Manager. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. s tlZ ll adies for the Grand Ballet have been selected from e nief Theatres at home and abroad. Principal I.)anseuse MADEMOISELLE BIOLETTI, (From the Grand Opera, Paris), r ho has been expressly engaged for this establishment. ItOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, FREDERICK STRANGE (late of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Manager. GRAND OPEN BOXING NIGHT. Iti SUPPER SALOON furnished in the most Th 'dolls manner, has been ereecid. NZ boors will be thrown open on Boxing Night, December at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely. Musical Director, Mr. j; W. HIRD. The Selections and Choruses under the direction of Mr. J. CAULFIELD, Jun. Leader of the Band, Mr. GOUGH. Stage Director, Mr. H. BOLEN°. Sole Proprietor, Mr. FREDERICK STRANGE. 11 es ; —Private Boxes, with Admission through Private Zi ls. ; s. ; Re Upper Balconserved Seats, 3y and Hall Stalls,, 6d. 2s. ; balcony and N„_ 4 (l Hall, l &RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Y will appear at nine, n i ghtly. and eleven o'clock during , week and play new music - - ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls.; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. Rd., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 64) stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. Admission, One Shilling. • IWADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, N u .....established 29 years at the Bazaar. Baker-street. ; ) 1 I t r„w ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL Ilii t Z.utLEß, taken from lite, and corrected from the Cast ,by Doctor Donova the the Phrenolozloil School, 111, -40 , is now added to Chamber of Physiognomy. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 1111 10 p.m. , Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. tin. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER t PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre -404, Without any mercurial ingredient from the recipe of Dr. :Ik of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who Dlt r from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. t041 3 , n1 5, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual ‘ l l 6, 7 eliess, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier 'lO the blood, they truly excellent ; mild in their opera 14032ttad grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro -13.014 - ,digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. . 4 .5 4 uy W. Lambert, Et, King William-street, Charing-cross. ritl l 'on, and by most druggists, in boxes , la. lid., and three 1 34 3 , the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. kq e ,„‘ Bilious . and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square tt10..." Package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the 441). IN - OTT:TING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and ot,, sP m• JOAost useful invention of the day, A GUA A MARELL A. re e N GOSNELL and CO.. 3, Kinr-court, Lombard i° tilt : London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer PUblic this truly marvellous flat I. which gradually Vakt age es the human hair to its pristine hue--no matter at The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of Zie t : on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and Oeb i ne hair is once restored one application per month will ;:kltb,',T perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in M er Tles, los. 61. Testimonials from ari istes of the . highest R een imci from individuals of undoubted respectability, may aication. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have g t lelpoint ppl ed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes s '' MEET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enkbled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. N°. 22,617. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. The above. Establishment will be CLOSED on MONDAY, the 26th inst. RIDGWAY & CO. December €th, 1861. A TLANTIC AND GB E A.T WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK DIVISION ... . Pint Mortgage Bonds. PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION . . . / Second Mortgage Bonds. OHIO DIVISION _ l' Interest payable Ist January at the Consolidated Bauk (Limited,. The COUPONS frcm the above Bonds will be PAID on MONDAY, the 2d January, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar, and must be left two e!ear days at the Off' cof the Com any, No. 2, Old Broad-street, London, lf.C., previously, for exit minatioit It sent by post, a cheque fur the Amount will be remitted. - 2;biThroad-street, London, KC., Dv, 15, 1E64. T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT Jl ASSOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, DIREI JOHN CH APMA Xenophon Ball!, Esq. E. J. Coleman, Kim. Mr. Alderman Dakin. James Dickson, Esq. P. D. Hadow, Esq. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. W. H. Hartord, Esq. G. F. Holroyd. Esq. • J. G. Hombre, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston X5O , GOO. ICTORS , A Esq., Chairman. Charles Belson, Esq, G. G. Maophers rn, Esq. Sir J 11. Pelly, Bart. W. Scholefield, Esq„ M.P. Sir S. 1 . Scott, i , art. H. D. Seymour, Esq., M.P. Joseph Thornton, Esq. F. G. West:uorland, Es 1. Alfred Wilson, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris. and Co., and Messrs. Edwards and Co. The Association receives money on deposit for fixed periods. Makes advances on approved securities. Negotiates Loans, and undertakes General Finauelatßnii nese. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. Crosby House, 96, Bishopgate-street Within. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Sub-Governor. JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS, Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Slark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq, William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Drace, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Charles H. Goschen, Esq. RiversdaleW. Greniell, Esq. Robc. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Wilmot Holland, Esq. Geo. F. Malcomson, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Hon. josceline W. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq, Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. . . Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual Rite& days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. FARMING-STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of a Steam Thrashing Machine. The Reversionary Banns on British Life Policies has ave raged • nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. • . Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding' £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Afisured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. • ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. PERSONS'SEEKING LANDED EL .ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RL3IDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS. AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY- To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the oppot tanity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particu'ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce Immediate customers where the property is of an eligible chara .ter, thereby avoid in;; the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. TIIERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced throuel Messrs. Lumley's Agency, im.4l then onlythe usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. IL A URNITURE. CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class Cnods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to lergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CIA hGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N ISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo tithe -able engravings of every description of Furniture and i;easteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised sale : A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto fogether with a erice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable inthrmationto all requiring household furniture, c.arpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Hyde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Aiban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Feterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great tirtta _ _ — (S6I3IiETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. B.E. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's.inn.road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED to enable the Commit tee to admit the distressing cases Oa', more especially at this inclement season of the year, daily present them. elves. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wh-lly dependent rn voluntary contributions and le2acies, which ate received by the Treasurer, E iward Mamerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITE, Secretary. lIAIR-CURLING FLUID. 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies flair from 7s. ed. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It is most easy of use. HAIR. DESTROYER —248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. ed.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is thA acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which Ppeedily produces whiskers and thfekens hair. Bs. 6d.; sent iree fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay m Hair, id. 'DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin I are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE!SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c. 28. 9d.; by post for 40 stAmps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. pRIZE MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, dro., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. . A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy tor the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. is, 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. .. • • .. :s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. is.-sd. per lb Second quality .. • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Of WAS Candles for the use of the Altar. • .. o •-•••••- - .a.a-a • - •• -' •• - •72 , .. a • a ---••- . • . I 322/ ' 7 • 6 Z ' / --''... z, ,_,' IN T L • •--, • . ,• ' . •. - ... -.. , e , 'l r ., ~ ,......1 • a r'.‘4. .. ' 4 l ' .- •• f '' . .. '''', A ' • ~, -, - ........ 7 .. NO. • ...1 ..,..-'\., ;q:1 ,, ,,,....: //C%'? ---- - - 2 - 7- - Z__ - ' 7 r i T",.. 1- • we.. 1. - ..; - i - 01,151. -. .,_ . t.t,,z . , , . e_____- - .1 4 %. ..i .. • , , --c , fm..:• -. •, 1,- ek • __ ••. . ,Ate , du ,, ,i01- 3 0 ei f 111 VOI-lINTEEItertkAt-i*,, ...4), ,i,v, - '0... . , '-• '' . -, -...-4 .7, • isir,„4- 'or: ..ar. . .t , .. ; ~.. _ _ ig • " , 4e± . „ - ~.".' - -- •-q .., -±- t :i. .•,,,, .., :iik. 41 14 ° ...... ,, •...:,,,, • • ... •„• • - z „.„.7 - ,_ F,_ . '..4- '-`, •--..-- ';;-iti a rA - -t,V' -- 9 .4 _ ...c., ,,Y''-' .. " ' ! , 0 . ‘ 0, 441 . it ''''' .. . 1 --- - -,.. 6 .." .--,,, .., , . 7 ,.._.--v„.. ee .45 \. 5415- •,,.,e, : -. ..- - .. ~.,:. A' t ' • ',.4, ... .)S. ''., - ri , ... . -,,„ 0^5. -.. •. , 01,&,..,.g .t .: t 4. 4. te r --q ' • -u .I, . .... ;:-.,.: _iv „..o, N. -,,' ~: . DRorr • - , .r.- N 4 4 - • l ip , •,,,,. r 1, -. „„............... ....erar • On Saturday evening the annual presentation of s prizes to the 39th Middlesex (Finsbury) Volunteers took place at Myddleton-hall, Islington. The posis tion of its headquarters precludes the corps from coming as frequently under the general eye as many • other Metropolitan regiments; but it was evident from the proceedings that a close attention both to drill and to musketry practice is paid in the locality. Interest in volunteering, also, is evidently not cca. fined to the ranks in Islington. There was a socia bility about the gethering lacked by many corps priding thv niselves, and with justice on the reputa tion earned by their efficiency. The very nature of their arrang( reente on Situtd ly evening was a te's lirm,ny to the mutually good understanding between the Voluutcors and Fpectators. Instead of being kept within bounds by ropes, as at Westminster hall with a vie 'TV of leaving a central space clear for the companies to draw up or msemuvre, the audience occupied with Feria et coalroat the s=eats prepared for their reception, ivnile the regi..n(-nt, ad a pti n g its formation to the shape of the apartment was drawn up on three sides of a hollow t (pare, facing inwards. Upon the platformovhich might be regarded as 0:30 fourth or completing side of the square, in the midst of the more influential supporters of the corps, there was placed a tab:o sustaining a goodly array of cups, c c u l o s c t k o m s w h a a t s c he de s, cr e g e l d a s s t o e s , b a e n a d p o p t r h o e p r r a r t o e p h r i e e w s a s r u d c s h . f o a r s skill in rifle shooting. Col. Erskine, Deputy-In spector of Volunteers, attended to present the prizes, and prefaced the ceremony by a few observatione, in the course of which he stated that, although he had been connected with the Volunteer forge for nearly five years, it never had been his good fortune to make a formal inspection of the 39th MideiiNex still he had so frequently enjoyed opportanitie; Observing bow they acquitted themselves on fields days and at reviews, that he did not come among them feeling as a stranger. It was gratifying tck find. that the corps had , kept up its- numbers very fairly. In Dec. 1863, its enrolled strength was 614, of whom 329 were efficient members, according to the requires ments of the Order in Council. This year there were 609 names upon the roll, bat the number of if& cients had risen to 335. Upon this point he dwelt with pleasure, because the number of efficients was a very fair criterion of the state 'of the corps, and ,the result in this case showed what credit must be due to ,the exertions of . all ranks, from the commanding officer downwards. The " efficient badge," he be lieved, was not generally admired (laughter), and regarded by itself it was certainly open to criticism —but no one could deny that when worn by a number of men all ranged in line it looked exe tremely well. Colonel Erskine strongly urged upon his hearws The importance of persevering in the - movement in which they had embarked, insisting. that what was worth doing at all was worth doing well. Constituted as the Volunteer force was of every class in society, he quite admitted that it was not possible for all Volunteers to be e fficient,or even for an effective Volunteer to be efficient at all times. Pressure of occupation, domestic circumstances, or men's own state of health might for a time prevent the attendance of good Volunteers and Excellent soldiers—but everyone ought once, at least, to make himself efficient, and then he could look forward to a time when, the pressure of circumstances having passed away, he could again attain the same satis factory footing. Men were apt to think, that when they had attained a certain degree of proficiency they might safely stand still. Such a notion was a complete mistake, for in this world attempting to stand still invariably went back. The corps must not suppose from what he had said in the way of advice that he was in any way complaining of shortcomings on their part. On the - contrary, he was well satisfied with the state of the regiment— he had seen it on several occasions, and it was as fine a military body as he should wish to see any. where. (Cheers.) PR1CE...... ...4d ;STAMPED ... .sd. ference between them. Both agreed in this, thiet there was on the inside of the frontal bone a fracture which would produce congestion on the brain, and would cause death. and be the result of the injury to the eye, or to the "orbit" of the eye; and that this was probably caused by a kick, and not by a fall or a blow from the fist. It was for the jury to say how far it was probable that the fatal wenn') was in flitted in this way. The first question was whether the de ceased came to his death by the act of the prioners er either of them. If not, then the inquiry was at an end. Then the jury would have to say, looking at all the circum stances, whether the prisoners caused the death of the de• ceased. Upon this head he pointed out the short lapse of time, on any view of the case, after which the prisonera hid followed the deceased and the police the prisoners. The learned judge observed that the remark made by the men when the police came up (that the deceased had had a fall) seemed to imply that they were speaking, truly or falsely, of something they knew abovt. If so, then it was for the jury to say whether their statement was true or false; and their whole story when taken up lay in asserting what the medical evidence tended to show had not been, and could net have been really the fact—viz„ that the in. juries were caused by a fall. Upon all the circumstances, then, were the jury satisfied that the deceased:came to his death by the violence of the prisonera—one or other of them ? Supposing they arrived at the conclusion, could they see their way to the conclusion that the violence was the act of one or of both of them ? If they were satisfied that it was the act of both of them, the case would become more simple than it otherwise would be. The medical evi dence seemed to show that the injuries, at all events the fatal injury might have been inflicted by one blow. If the jury were of. opinion that there was only one blow, then there would be a difficulty in :convicting either of the Fie soners—for in that case neither could be convicted unless either the party inflicting the blow could be identified, or both the prisoners were parties to the act. The jury might no doubt, be in a different position in such a:case—for if only one prisoner committed the act, and he could not be , identified, then neither could be convicted. The jury had been told by the learned counsel that the case could not be treated as one of murder; and he concurred in that view. He agreed that in determining the question on the charge of murder the jury must consider whether there was a common intent to inflict death or murderous violence, and he also agreed that there was hardly evidence which would support the jury in that conclusion. Requite concurred in the lase as laid down by Brother Byles on this important subject in the case cited, the ease of " The Queen v, Luck," that on a charge of murder none of several parties not identified as having actually struck the fatal blow or fired the fatal shot could be convicted unless they were all parties to a common design to kill or to shoot or stab; and thus, for instance, if one of several men was struck or insulted by another man, and they all ran after him with a view to beat him, and one of them, without the knowledge or privity of the others, shot or stabbed him, the others would not be guilty of murder; and he should be disposed to go further, and say that on a charge of murder there must be a common design quoted the act of homicide. It was otherwise in this respect as to manslaughter; and if several were partied to an unlawful act of violence, as a beating, and death, though not intended, resulted from that unlawful act, they were all guilts. This was constantly exemplified in cases of fighting, However fair the fight might be, and although only one person struck the fatal blow, yet all engaged were guilty of manslaughter, There was therefore this important distinc tion between the effect of a common intent on a charge of murder or of manslaughter. It was enough as a charge of manslaughter that thero was a common design to do the un lawful act from which death resulted. Therefore, though the prisoners neither of them intended to cause death, yet i f the act was done, if a blow that caused death was given by one or either of them in pursuance of the common intent of attacking and beating the deceased,•then they were guilty of manslaughter; and a kick which would have the same effect as a blow with a blunt instrument would be the same. The jury found the prisohers guilty of manslaughter,with a recommendation to mercy on account of their previous good character, The learned Baron, after some consideration, proceeded to pass sentence, stating that he concurred in the verdict, and was satisfied that one of the prisoners with the privity of the other had caused the death of the deceased by a kick from an iron shod boot. Cases of manslaughter no doubt differed greatly in character, and he had every desire to ,live full effect to the recommendation of the jury. But to cause the death of a man in this way was a very serious offence, and he felt he could not pass a lighter sentence than five years' penal servitude. The distribution of prizes was then proceeded with, and there being, as already stated, an ample list of these, a considerable time was occupied in the process, Among the passages of most interest were the distribution of marksmen's badges, that with three stars, as the beet shot in the battalion, being awarded to Colour Sergeant White, upon whom various prizes were afterwards conferred as well; two other.] among the b'tdges being awarded respectively to Cal. Penton, the commander of the regimens, and Lieut. Col. Crawley, brother of the colonel of the luniblrill'ng D:dgeone. The priz?s for good attendance seemed to have ezers cised a wonderful effect in attracting men to drill, Colour sergeant Belhatn, the best attendant in the battalion, having no less than 186 attendances re. corded in his fe.vour ; Sergeant Hogan, Sergeant Rowe, and Corporal Harris, who came next in poitit of merit, having each 155 attendances. NORTHERN CIRCUIT —LIYERPCOL, Dec. 16, CwiwN COURT. (Before Mr Justice Mellor.) Eliza Green, aged 46, was chlrged wiih the wilful mur der of Elizabeth Lowe, at Liverpool, in Octoberlast. Mr Peel prosecuted, and Mr Littler defended the prisoner.- The deceased woman was the si,ter of the prisoner's wi:e, and lived in his houie. On the day of the murder it ap peared that the attention of two women who lived in the neighbourhood was attracted by a disturbance which was gning on in the prisoner's house, he being at the time in a state of intoxication, The evidence went to show that he first struck his wife and then the deceased. After dragging her by the hair of her head about the house, he struck her three times with his fist on the head in a most ferocious . manner, and then closed the door. The door was soon after burst open, when one of the witnesses saw the prisoner knock her down again, and jump from a box upon her chest —he then kicked her violently about the head and face. The deceased struggled to get upon her feet, but fell down again, the blood gushing from her mouth and nostrils. She was conveyed to the hospital, where it was found that the bones of the skull were frightfully fractured. She died in a few days from inflammation of the brain caused by the in juries, When all the prizes had been given away, Capt. Blankley, who had just before received a cup in the name of his company (the sth), which returned tho largest number of efficients for the year, came fol. ward and presented to Col. Penton, in the name of the regiment, a very handsome photographic album, containing the likenesses of all those members whose portraits it had been found possible to obtain. He was sure Col. Penton would value this as a record of the officers and men who had the pleasure of serving under his command. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner was greatly provoked by his wife, the deceased, and his eon—and also that the state of intoxication in which the prisoner was ren dered him unaccountable, and it was contended that the offence only amounted to manslaughter. His Lordship, in summing up, said that the provocation to reduce the offence to manslaughter, must be of such a degree as reasonably to produce the violent conduct of the prisoner—and though there was no doubt that a man uuder the influence of intoxication was more liable to be affected by provocation than a sober man, yet they jury must con sider whether it was in this case sufficient to deprive the man of the power of reasoning and the ability to judge be.- tween right and wrong. COL PENTON said the gift was the most accept.' able and gratifying which could have been made to him, and in thanking the donors the gallant officer enlarged on the pride and satisfaction afforded him by his connection with the regiment. He went on to propose a vote of thanks to those gentlemen who, in founding the prize list, had contributed so mate rially to stimulate exertion and to maintain the effi• ciency of the regiment; and alluding to the fact that Col. Erskine had kindly attended to distribute the reward, Col. Penton said it was a satisfaction to think that an officer so distinguished was to replace their present Inspector-General whose loss lie de plored; and wherever he went Col. M'Murdo, be felt sure, would carry with him the good wishes and. affection of all Volunteers. The jury, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned with a verdict of guilty. Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. SATURDAY, DEC 17. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr Justice Black burn and Special Juries.) Major BURGESS seconded the motion of thanks to the donors of prizes, which passed by acclama, tion. Mr M`CtILLAGH TORRENS, in proposing a vote of thanks to Colonel Penton, eulogised the patriotism of those who, in addition . to discharging all the other duties of their soaial position, were willing to assume the responsibility of being primarily charged in the name of the Queen with the good conduct of men under arms. Time was when men enrolled their serfs to act as soldiers ; and it was a glorious reflection that in our own day, when none bat free men were to be found in the ranks, the . military capacity of the nation had not dwindled, but in creased. The maintenance of discipline, however, was even more important than the conservation of the military spirit, for without subordination such as happily existed he maintained that the erection in the midst of the country of an armed force of 168,000 men would have produced evils greater than those it was meant to avert. Good officers had largely influenced the character of the force, and on that ground he proposed that they should give three cheers for Colonel Penton. Colonel ERSKINE, in the course of his remarks; said—Allusion has been made to the retirement of my friend Colonel M'Murdo. Situate as we are cowards each other, it would be unbecoming in me to speak of the way in which he has conducted his office ; but lam be allowed to say that, however much his severance from the Volunteer force may be felt by the Volunteers themselves, there is no one, I am quite certain, who will (lc piers his retirement from the office more than I shall do. 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TEET 11.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma jesty's Royal Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at his residence, where specimens may be seen, and every infor mation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. *- WESTERN CIRCUIT.--TAINTox, Dec. 17. (Before Mr Baron Bramwell.) William Burston and William Wright were indicted for being in enclosed ground in the night armed for the pur. pose of killing ganac, and els, with assaulting Thos. Martin to resist their apprehension, on the lt3th of December. Mr Edlin prosecuted ; and Mr Frideaux defended 'Burston, It appeared that Mr Sandford's keepers, Martin, Stone, and Allen, Were out on the watch, and hearing the report of guns they went in that direction, and came up with the two prisoners in a lane. ,Wright said to Martin, " Well, Thomas ; what, do you want us ?" Marthi paid, "Ires ; i've been looking for you long cno4h." Wright then took a bludgeon from his pocket anti struck Martin with it. The two prisoners then ran away, Martin followed . them and overtook them. The prisoners then took bludgeons from their pockets and gave.Martin.repeated blows and cut his ear. There were feathers shout the spot where the prisoners were first seen. After the attack upon Martin the prisoners again ran away, but were apprehended the next morning. Mr Prideaux submitted that the counts charging an in tent to prevent the apprehension of the prisoners could not ba sustained. To justify thb atrest the prisoners must have been found in the plantation 9r on the land, but _there was no"evidence to show this. The learned Judge held the objection to be good, and that the case must be limited to the charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr Prideaus then addressed the jury on behalf of Burston, contending that there was not sufficient evidence of identity. The Judge having summed up, The jury found the .prisoners guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. imailktertftrigemettif-thry - had - pthtellertaPlltnrirtiffertlityr would have had but a slight punishment. Instead of fight ing Rat to fist they had injured this man so that they were nearly standing there for h.s murder. They must be kept in penal servitude for five years. Robert Burge was indicted for maliciously placing a piece of wood on the West Somerset Railway at Bishop's Lydiardt with intent to obstruct an engine and carriage using the railway. and endangering the lives and safety of the pas gers. on the 17th Ootober. , Mr Edlin prosecuted, and Mr Prideaux defended .the prisoner. The facts of the case appeared to be these. The driver of an engine travelling on the line between Taunton and Wat chet on the night of Oct. 17, on the up journey, travelled along without finding any obstruction; but on his return journey some short time afterwards he found the lifeguard of the engine strike against something. On his arrival at the next; station he examined the lifeguard, and he saw marks en it as of white paint, and he gave information to the authorities. Search was then made, and it was found that a gradient post had been removed, and had beeii placed on the rails. The question then arose as to the person who had committed this diabolical'act. Close to the spot where the gradient post had originally been placed there was a foot• mark of a boot of a most remarkable kind. Suspicion arose and the prisoner the next morning was apprehended ; his boot was taken off, and it corresponded completely with the footmark found near the gradient post. The prisoner was then asked many questions as to where he had been on the previous evening, and in the course of conversation he seve ral times altered his story. It appeared that the prisoner on his way home from the place where he had been would have to pass along the line. Mr Prideaux made a most zealous address on behalf of the prisoner. The learned Judge, in summing up, referred very much to the footmarks. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Bramwell then sentenced the prisoner, saying that he could have had no object but a mischievous pro pensity—nothing could be worse than what he had done, it was even worse than firing a gun among a crowd. It was necessary to strike terror into the minds of a mischievous people, and with that view he should sentence the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for five years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—LmEna, Dec• 17. (Before Mr Justice Keating.) . . Gedrge Atkinson were indicted for feloniously wounding his wife, with intent to murder her, at Wakefield; :on the 14th cf October, 1864. Tile indictment contained two other counts Mr Shaw and Mr Skidmore conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. The material facts are contained ia the summing up of the evidence to the jury by the learned judge, who said as follows :—" It is necessary, for the prisoner to be guilty of the principal offence, that he intended—to deprive his wift, of life, and that if he had so deprived her it would have been murder. If you should be of opinion that ho intended to do her grievous bodily harm without inter ding to take life you can fled him guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm; but if you should think that he had neither of those intents, you can find him guilty of unlaw ful wounding. There is no doubt from the evidence that he unlawfully wounded her. and therefore you can hardly acquit him. It appears that the prisoner and prosecutrix have been married for some years, From the questions put to the prosecutrix by the prisoner, the state they lived in was most lamentable—whether provoked from her lightness of conduct or some other cause, he did what he ought not to have done—he beat her. She avenged this illusage by cont• milting adultery with a man named Young—but it is not for you to judge of that immoral act, for, although the woman has misconducted herself most grievously, she is not amenable to the law of the land for that offenc, but rov isooanswerable higher tribunal. Whatev er ti given him, he was not autho r i se d to use any violence to her. She app e a re d t o h ave l e f t hi m paon she may a t a have much not by their mutual consent, and to have gone and lived nmust require you pocket b oe a ca'i razor, t to see his wife, with ithe en as t with with Young. He was anxious for her to re t urn ; s h e re f use d to do so. On the 14 th of October he went t o a p u bli c h ouse in East Moor , an d sent E liza Carter to Young's h ouse w ith a message to his wi f e to tell her th a t h e wan t e d to spea k to her, but that she w a s not to give it if You ng was i n . Th e jealousy of the pri soner. the fact that he we n t arme d, an d that he went for the purpose of pre ss i ng hi s w if e t o return a re facts that tell most against hi m; b u t if, from you ; k now l e dge of the usages of th e c l ass of persons in the same know that in the cou rse o f why that fact is got rid f ; but i pressing in mind that he had a r azor , and w her to return home. While Eliza Carter was giving the M essage t h e pr i soner camelinto Young's house , and found hire there. He asked hi s w if e t o and their a t o h nnsii purpose nri3 the opt s ht:s theyiprisoner, you o of in his go home with him at once. She said she would go home on the following Monday, li e was desirous that she should go at once. Probably the presenoe of Young excited a strong feeling of jealousy in the breast of the prisoner. l'he prosecutrix then said that If he had any y noise she would not go at all. The prosecutrix was then leaning against the table; the prisoner put his band on her shoulder, and on her refusing to come home he cut her throat and ran out of the house. Two witnesses toncue in thin, that the wound was right across the throat, but not very deep, and that the prisoner had the opportunity of giving 'much greater power to the blew, although he hid not cl.ne so, which is a fact in favour of the prisoner. If - -e, however, asked the police man the following day, when he was apprehended. whether his wife was dead, and on learning she was not, he said, " I wanted us botq to have gone together." The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, ea and recommended him to mercy on account of the great provocation he had re ceived. _ The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to six years' penal servitude. The Court has been occupied the whole day in bearing cases the details of which are unfit for publication. Fisher (the deceased) said, "If you say that, I'll hit you !" and wont up to him, and pushed him. Another police man, who was present, told him to go home, and he im mediately loft, and went in a direction towards his house. The two prisoners, according to the policeman's deposition, remained in the same place about a minute when they walked away in the same direction asFisher. They walked, he said, about 20 yards, and then he saw there "all at once start off in, a great hurry." The case for the prosecution was that they overtook the deceased, knocked him down, and kicked him in the eye with one of their heavy boots shod with iron, inflicting a terrific wcund on the eye, fracturing the skull, and causing instant insensitsility and speedy death. The two policemen walked up the road together for about 100 yards, and then heard a man's voice saying to some one several times with a foul expression, "Get up. , ' The policemen ran up and found Fisher lying in the middle of the road, one of the prisonera (Turner) having hold of him round the neck, and the other (Staples) having hold of him by the legs—both of them still using the same ex pressions to him. About two yards off there was a pool of blood, and the poor man was bleeding very fast from the eye, and was covered with blood and was insensible. When spoken to the prisoners said, with a foul expression, that they were only picking the man up as he fell down. The deceased being insensible could make no answer to questions addressed to him, and he was at once taken to a surgeon, who found him bleeding, cold, and rigid, bleeding from the eye, nose, and mouth, with a great contusion over the left eye, and other similar injuries on his head and face. The injuries, he said, could not have been occasioned by a fall, but must have been caused by blows inflicted either with a man's fiat or some blunt weapon, or by a kick when the man was lying on the ground. The post mortem examina tion showed a fracture of the frontal bone on the left side, extending upwards about an inch and a quarter, where the . injury was principally inflicted. On the surface of the top Qf the brain, after removing the dura meter, it was found that the Whole brain was completely congested and there were about two ounees of coagulated blood. The posterior part of the orbit of the left eye was filled with coagulated blood, and on the left side of the lower jaw there was a fracture, but the death seemed to the surgeon to have been the result of the injury to the eye, or to the skull over the eye. The man never spoke, and died on the night of the next day—Sunday. The prisoners on the same night were arrested, and declared that they had not touched the man. Mr Addison having stated the case for the prosecution, A witness being called gave some necessary formal evi dence as to the death of the deceased. It appeared that the road where he was found was between a hedge and a wall, and that the wall would be on his right side. Mr Ribton elicited in cross-examination that the deceased had to go along the road in the direction of his home, and that the prisoners might go home by the same road. Saker was next called—The men, he said, remained drinking up to nearly 12 o'clock at night, and it was elicited in cross-examination by Mr Ribton that between 10 and 12 many of the men were passing in and out, and some went away, and he did not know which way they went, and the deceased wes talking with them ; that about a eczen came ou'i, all together, and that the prisoners started after the deceased about two or three minutes after him. The policeman stated that the prisoners started after the deceased about a minute or two after him, and that when he came up to them and they said they were picking up the man after a fall ; ho said " It's no fall, it's a blow," to which they answered to the effect that they had not done it, and when taken into custody (before the death) on the charge of illtreating the deceased, they denied that they touched him. In cross-examination of thr policeman by Mr Ribton, it was elicited that he could see the deceased 100 yards ahead of him, as it was a moonlight night, and he said that the prisoners started two or three minutes after him ; but being pressed, said that he did not think it was three or four minutes after him, and believed it was not. In re-examination by Mr Addison it . was elicited that it was five or six minutes between the time of his going after the men and ooming up with them. In answer to the learned judge, the witness stated that the deceased was not actually lying down, but was half held up by the head.. The other policeman confirmed the statement that the men were told it was not a fall, but a blow—but he stated the men said, "Do you think that we should do such a thing as that ?" In cross=exaboinatien by Mr R ibton it was elicited that they both said this, • and said it again and again, and with vehemence. Atter pressing the policeman as to details of the matter, Mr Ribton desired to advert to his deposition as contra dicting Min, tut The learned judge rem'.nded him that this he could net do without putting in the dep isitions as his own evidence, the effect of which, it may be observed, would be to give the counsel for the prosecution a reply. Mr Ribton said he was afraid it was so. [lt is worth white mentioning this point of procedure, as it is of constant, almost daily OCCI7 rreuca in criminal trials, and which, although the depositions of the witnesses' for the prosecution examined before the magistrates are always in court, and have been perused by the judge and are a kind of official document before the court for the purposes of the trial, yet they cannot be appealed to or referred to by the prisoner or his counsel to contradict the witnesses, by showiftg inconsistencies between their previous and present statements, without making them evidence and putting them in, and thus incurring the consequence of giving the counsel for the prosecution a reply.] The surgeon, being called, stated that he believed the wound on the frontal bone, which was fractured, caused a compression on the brain which produced death and also caused the effusion of blood from the nasal vein. He was positive that this wound was not caused by a fall, but by a blow, and he believed that it was a blow, not with the fist, but some blunt instrument, Being pressed on cross-exami nation he said he thought the man must have been kicked in the eye. Being much pressed by Mr Ribton in cross-exa mination whether the effect might not have been caused by a blow of a fist, he said the injury on the jaw might have been so.caused, but not the injury over the eye, which ho said he believed was caused by a blunt instrument, Being pressed as to whether the injuries might n , )t have been caused by a fall, he said ho thought not, as the fall would be merely fiat on the earth. He said that there was, ho believed, a blow "right into the eye," and that the man would have fallen senseless where he stood ; and (as a con sequence) that he must have been dragged from the spot where the blood was to the spot where he was found in the hands of the prisoners. There was, he said, an internal fracture of the frontal bone, and rupture of the frontal "sinus" or vein. In re-examination it was elicited that he found an insensibility of the eye to light, which showed compression of the brain from extravasation of blood. In answer to the learned Judge, he stated that a blow on the inside and soft substance of the eye might have pro duced the internal appearance he observed, and that there was an internal rupture or fracture which went upwards. The result of the blow being on the soft part of the eye might have been to produce the internal injuries observed, without those external appearances which otherwise would have been produced had the blow fallen on the external bone over the eye. The other surgeon, whose name was Engleheart, stated that the injury was to the "orbit" of the eye, not the eye itself. There was an injury to the integuments and a frac ture of the bone extending upwards an Mob and a half or so. That injury might have been produaed by one kick, by the toe of the boot catching the orbit of the eye and fracturing the skull above it ; the sole of the boot at the same time causing the abrasion observed on the face, and the heel at the same time breaking the jawbone. Mr Addison—Could the injuries have been caused by a blow from a fist ? Witness— Certainly not. In cross-examination, Mr Ribton endeavoured to make out that there could have been no kick, because there was no breaking of the skin, but the witness stated very clearly and distinctly that there was. There was, he said, a large and severe wound, cutting through the integuments to the bone. Being asked if the injuries might not have been caused by a fall, he said decidedly not, unless it was a fall from a height. Being pressed if it could not have been caused by a fall against a wall, he said certainly not. The whole tenor of his evidence was, that there had been a blow right into the eye and upwards in its direction, so that the injuries could not have been caused by any fall even if there had been a fall. The man would fall insensible, he said, where he was struck, and must have been dragged frrm that spot, as he could not have moved himself. The witness, in answer to the learned Judge, said that as the injury was to the orbit of the eye there might be an in ternal fracture and rupture without an external fracture. The insensibility of the eye was caused by an internal in jury, and by the pressure of the extravasated blood upon brain. It was then proved that both the prisoners wore heavy boots" tipped and nailed" as commonly worn by '•navvies." It was elicited, however, in cross-examination, that there was no blood upon either of them. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr Ribton then addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners. Witnesses were called to give the prieonors a good cha racter, especially as being "quiet and not quarrelsome." After a long trial which lasted until late in the afternoon, The learned Judge proceeded to sum up the case to the jury. The prisoners, he said, stood at the bar charged with wilful murder. There were some circumstances in the case which did not admit of reasonable doubt—that is, the gene ral features of the case, which he proceeded to state in ao cordance with the above narrative. The learned judge then drew particular attention to the position in which the body was found, the wall being on the right side; and he then adverted to the evidence of the two surgeons, observ. ing that there did not appear to be any very material dif. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, Dec. 17. A man convicted of setting fire to a shed was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. A man named King was tried for a burglary. Mr F. J. Smith conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was convicted, and it appeared that he had been previously convicted, and committed the present offence the very day after he was let out of prison. He was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. The next case, the one of murder, was one of some interest with reference to the nature of the evidence, Two men, both described as labourers—one named Staples, 23, the other named Turner, 26, were indicted for the wilful murder of one Fisher, at Orpington, on Nov. 20 last. They had been committed by the magistrate for manslaughter, but the coroner's jury found a verdict of wilful murder, and the grand jury returned a bill of indictment for the major offence. Mr Addison conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr Ribtoa defended the prisoners. The prisoners and the deceased were railway labourers. On the evening of Saturday, Nov. 19 last, they were all three, with others, at a publichouse at Orpington, and it ap peared that some quarrel arose out of a dispute about who had worked en the line 15 years ago. One of them, a witness named Saker, stated that they all went out of the house into the road, and there they quarrelled again, and that there he heard Turner (one of the prisoners) call Fisher a liar, and saw Fisher step up to Turner and strike him, and then go up again and push bim. The police having heard the noise, came up about this time, and the witness said heheard Staples say, " 1 would not allow a man tospush me," and saw him try to pull off his coat as if to fight. A policeman named Jones' was on duty opposite to the house, and seemed to have come up just before this, far he stated that he saw the three men come out of it together, and heard Fisher (the deceased) say to Turner,. "I worked on the line 15 years ego," Turner said be was a liar, upon which. lIANRATTY V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY SO. This was an action to recover damages for personal inju ries sustained by the plaintiff by a collision on the defen dants line, and also for destruction of certain cattle of the plaintiff. The Attorney-General of the County Palatine (Mr E. Tames, Q.C.), and Mr C. Russell were for the plaintiff; Mr Brett, Q.C., and Mr Butt for the defendants. The defendants paid into , court £l7B 108 for the loss of the cattle. The plaintiff le a cattle drover in Ireland, and was proceed ing, on Deo. 18, 1863, with 17 head of cattle to Norwich. When at Corby, near Grantham, on the defendants' line, a stoppage occurred, and whilst the train was standing still another train from the north ran into it. Plaintiff was then asleep in the guard's van. The van was shattered and the plaintiff thrown upon h:s face among the rubbish and ren dered insensible. When he came to himself he found him• self sitting under a hedge by the roadside. He was assisted to an hotel, and attended by the company's surgeons. He was found to have been considerably shaken, and had cuts on the leg and eyebrow. He also complained of pain in the head, back, and side. After eight days he was allowed tore= turn to Ireland, where he has been attended by a surgeon up to the present time. He still complained of great pain and dizziness in the head, and of seeing, as he expressed it, " 100 or 200 things at once." He subsequently consulted physicians in Dublin, and paid £4l for medical attendance. The plaintiff was called, and proved that the cattle which he had with him, and which were se injured that they were killed and sold by the company, cost him, including ex penses, £192 10s, and that he would have sold them for £202 10s. also that he usually came to England with cattle about 26 times a year. His profits he laid at £3OO a year. The cross-examination was directed to show that he lived in a very humble manner, and was not seriously hurt by the collision. _ It was proved by the medical man called that the dizzi• ness plaintiff complained of might continue for a long time, but that there was no organic disease. At the conclusion of the examination the case was left to the jury without speeches or summing up, and the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £2Ol 108,)vith interest for a year, for the cattle, and .Cl5O for the personal injury. __— TILE CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISON IN MAN CHESTER,-0a Saturday morning, at the City Po lice Court, Ann Corigan, who had been remanded from the previous Saturday, charged on suspicion with the wilful murder of Ann Conway, was again brought before Mr Fow ler and Mr Ross. It will be remembered that last week, on a preliminary analysis of the sediment in two of the de ceased's medicine bottle, Mr Fletcher thought he had dis covered traces of arsenic; but he expressly guarded himself against that conclusion being accepted as decisive. Th e evidence of Mr Fletcher find Professor Roscoe, on Sat ur d ay morning, giving the result of a thorough analysis, was con clusive as to their being io trace of arsen i c or other mineral poison in the contents of the bottles. The erroneous result of the preliminary analysis was satisfactorily ex plained, and the prisoner was disch a r g ed,--Nartaeater .Eniner. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4, 1860. 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